Gut Liver.
2010 Mar;4(1):106-109.
Esophageal Bezoar in a Patient with Achalasia: Case Report and Literature Review
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Digestive Disease Research Institute, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea. medcsc@wonkwang.ac.kr
Abstract
- Esophageal bezoars are rare, but are recognized as a distinct clinical entity. They are known to occur in patients with esophageal structural and functional abnormalities, but only a few cases of the development of esophageal bezoars in patients with esophageal motility disorders have only been described. We report a rare case of an esophageal bezoar that developed in a patient with achalasia, and review the literature concerning esophageal bezoars associated with esophageal motility disorders.
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